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Alex Verdugo for Jose Altuve (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU  | Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 99 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 187 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 40 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 10 | ‐ |
| RBI | 35 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .262 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 132 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 148 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 75 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 73 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 87 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 143 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 74 | ‐ |
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 163 | ‐ |
| Runs | 27 | ‐ |
| Hits | 40 | ‐ |
| Singles | 26 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 10 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 4 | ‐ |
| RBI | 12 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | ‐ |
| Walks | 19 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 35 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .245 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .326 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .380 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .707 | ‐ |
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 279 | ‐ |
| Runs | 40 | ‐ |
| Hits | 73 | ‐ |
| Singles | 49 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 14 | ‐ |
| Triples | 1 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 10 | ‐ |
| RBI | 35 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | ‐ |
| Walks | 28 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 55 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .262 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .336 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .420 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .756 | ‐ |
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | |
| News | ||
| The Astros say Jose Altuve is close to getting cleared to face live pitching. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | Alex Verdugo has a shoulder injury that is expected to keep him out the rest of the season and require surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | |
| The Astros say Jose Altuve may avoid a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th | Verdugo will likely need an extended run of success at Triple-A El Paso before putting himself in consideration for a promotion to San Diego. He posted a .585 OPS across 213 plate appearances with Atlanta in 2025 and signed a minor-league deal with the Padres on March 1. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th | |
| Jose Altuve is expected to workout with the Astros this weekend. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | The Padres signed OF Alex Verdugo to a minor league contract Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st | |
| Jose Altuve took 30 swings on Monday in Florida. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th | ||
| Astros manager Joe Espada said Jose Altuve is expected to resume swinging a bat "in the next day or two" after arriving in Florida. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B,LF,DH - HOU | Alex Verdugo LF,RF - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #306 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #224 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ KC | |||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ KC | |||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ KC | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs DET | |||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CLE | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CLE | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TOR | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TOR | |||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ DET | |||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ DET | |||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIN | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs MIN | |||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TB | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TB | |||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ WSH | |||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TEX | |||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TEX | |||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIA | |||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ CWS | |||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ CWS | |||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ CWS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAA | |||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs TEX | |||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs TEX | |||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs TOR | |||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ SF | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SEA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SEA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs LAA | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs ATH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs ATH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ NYY | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYM | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs CWS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ PHI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ PHI | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TB | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TB | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TB | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs KC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs KC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ ATH | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ ATH | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ ATH | |||||
